Bushwacker12
Cadet
- Joined
- Jun 17, 2011
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- 7
So I just brought my boat back from the Lake last week where it has been sitting for a year or so and I was hoping that a good carb clean would get her back going but that was wishful thinking. The motor ran when I parked it but now I do not have spark. So I started going thru it last night.
I was hoping it was an easy kill swithch problem but that's not the case. I have an old manual that goes from the M2.5B to the 40C models but it does not include the M35B. So I was using the test procedures for the 30-40 motors to see if I could find something obvious. I am using a Fluke digital multi-meter to do the ohms checks and found no ohms on the red wire (Exciter Coil?). I got 28-32 ohm reading on the blue wire (trigger coil) From some of the posts that I have read I'm guesssing I need to find a Digital meter with a 3v or less battery so I don't blow something, right? Did not do and tests on the CDI cause it looks fine and I would not think it would go bad from sitting?
I have read a lot of posts out on the net and I'm not getting a warm fuzzy about the chances of getting it fixed. From what I've seen from the "Tohatsu Guru", there may not be parts available for this motor and that will really bum me out cause I really like this motor and can't afford to replace it right now.
One thoutht that I had was to pull the flywheel off and see if there is a rust built up on the magneto. I've seen this problem on other motors and if I clean and sand the contact points that has fixes the problem. Problem was I did not have the special Tohatsu flywheel puller that they recommend. I did not want to try my old school trick of smacking the side with a hammer to see if it would pop off, anyone every try that approach and get it to work?
Anyone have some thoughts on this? Has anyone found a place to get parts (new or used) for this motor in case I do need an electrical component?
Thanks.
I was hoping it was an easy kill swithch problem but that's not the case. I have an old manual that goes from the M2.5B to the 40C models but it does not include the M35B. So I was using the test procedures for the 30-40 motors to see if I could find something obvious. I am using a Fluke digital multi-meter to do the ohms checks and found no ohms on the red wire (Exciter Coil?). I got 28-32 ohm reading on the blue wire (trigger coil) From some of the posts that I have read I'm guesssing I need to find a Digital meter with a 3v or less battery so I don't blow something, right? Did not do and tests on the CDI cause it looks fine and I would not think it would go bad from sitting?
I have read a lot of posts out on the net and I'm not getting a warm fuzzy about the chances of getting it fixed. From what I've seen from the "Tohatsu Guru", there may not be parts available for this motor and that will really bum me out cause I really like this motor and can't afford to replace it right now.
One thoutht that I had was to pull the flywheel off and see if there is a rust built up on the magneto. I've seen this problem on other motors and if I clean and sand the contact points that has fixes the problem. Problem was I did not have the special Tohatsu flywheel puller that they recommend. I did not want to try my old school trick of smacking the side with a hammer to see if it would pop off, anyone every try that approach and get it to work?
Anyone have some thoughts on this? Has anyone found a place to get parts (new or used) for this motor in case I do need an electrical component?
Thanks.